Presentazione delegazione turca

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INSME INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMEs
INSME INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMEs
1st INSME Promoting Committee Meeting Milan 7-8
July 2003
1st INSME Promoting Committee Meeting Milan 7-8
July 2003
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INDEX

• INSME Process Background
• INSME Organisation
• INSME Road Map 2003-2004
• INSME Services
• INSME Portal
• INSME Pilot Projects

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INSME Process Background
1st OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs,
Bologna, June 2000 The Bologna Charter on SME
Policies Ministers and Representatives of
governments of countries participating in the
Bologna Conference welcomed Italys offer to
carry out a feasibility study, including a needs
assessment, to define the possible design and
development of an International Network for SMEs
(INSME), which could also benefit from support by
interested countries and private sector
inputs. The Bologna Process 2nd OECD
Ministerial Conference on SMEs, Istanbul, June
2004

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First Steps
2000-2003

• Creation of the INSME Steering Group, July 2000
• 2nd Steering Group meeting, October 2001
• Kick - off of the INSME Feasibility Study,
  January 2002
• 3rd Steering Group meeting, December 2002
• Creation of the INSME Promoting Committee, April
  2003
• 1st meeting of INSME Promoting Committee, July
  2003

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INSME Achievements
2000-2003

• Enlargement of the Steering Group from 7 to 40
  countries plus involvement of International
  Organisations and NGOs
• Consensus building participation and
  presentation of INSME at international events
• Setting up and management of the INSME portal
• Publishing of INSMEnews (the INSME newsletter)
• Launching of Pilot Projects
• Drafting of the INSME Statute
• Drafting of the INSME Catalogue of Services

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Who is involved?
INSME Steering Group (40 Countries, 17
International Organisations and NGOs and some
Intermediaries and Networks)
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INSME Rationale
Political impact involving Policy Makers to
exchange good practices, benchmark policies and
carry out lobbying activities so as to make more
financing available for innovation and technology
transfer (TT) for SMEs
Operational role support the competitiveness and
growth of Intermediaries and their Networks
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Why INSME?
INSME will contribute to

• Encouraging the transfer of knowledge, exchanges
  of experiences, good practices and methodologies
  among the Community Members
• Strengthening networking, partnering and linkages
  between participating member countries,
  International Organisations and International
  Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as well as
  intermediaries aiming at fostering cooperation,
  joint projects and strategic alliances
• Facilitating closer interactions and connections
  between the public and private research bodies
  and the intermediaries so as to increase the
  transfer of knowledge within the innovation cycle
  from its source to its final user, the enterprise

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What is INSME?
By taking advantage of the use of ICT
INSME will act as an information hub, a
facilitator, accelerator, multiplier and
catalyser of existing, relevant intermediaries
and their networks at international, regional and
national level, supporting the launch of new
projects, disseminating results, developing
synergies and promoting economies of scale 
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INSME Vision
It is proposed to consolidate and expand the
INSME Network by transforming the current
informal, multi stakeholder Community (the INSME
Steering Group) into the legal form of an
international non profit Association
The specific goals that INSME aims to achieve by
setting up the Association are

• Creating a common information platform for
  exchange of know how
• Providing technical support and assistance in
  innovation and technology transfer
• Facilitating the development of transnational and
  transregional projects

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INSME Activities (a)

• Promote networking and alliances between
  intermediaries and other public and private
  bodies (Public Private Partnership approach)
• Stimulate the rationalisation, specialisation,
  integration, delocalisation and
  internationalisation of intermediaries
• Act as a hub and a clearing house for the
  collection, analysis and diffusion of Good
  Practice policies, programmes and projects

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INSME Activities (b)

• Provide assistance to Policy Makers for the
  planning and development of targeted policy
  strategies
• Promote the carrying out of joint projects among
  Members through partner and funding opportunity
  search at international level
• Strengthening North-South and South-South
  cooperation, flows of information and exchange of
  know how

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www.insme.info
secretariat_at_insme.it
secretariat_at_insme.it
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